PhilippinesTyphoon Bopha, 4 Dec. 2012

647 dead; 1,482 injured; 780 missing; Approximately 490,000 households (5.4 million people) were considered affected in 30

provinces

Objectives:

• The population receive assistance for the reconstruction of their damaged or destroyed houses.

• The population have a better knowledge of good construction practices, so that the reconstructed houses are more resistant to natural disasters.

• Local skilled and unskilled labourers receive work and training and thus an income opportunity.

• Partial cleaning of arable land of fallen trees (which will favour an increased agricultural productivity).

Selection of Beneficiaries

• Households that are not enrolled in other organisations’ reconstruction programs

• Totally destroyed houses are prioritised over damaged ones

• Own a plot of land eligible for construction. (Not in a no-build zone.)

• Vulnerability

Proposed shelter

2 types: Full and skeleton houses

Skilled people training

Chainsaw operatorsRe-use of fallen trees!!

Beneficiaries selectionDelivery of material

300 full houses870.- CHF/House

2’850 skeleton houses615.- CHF/House

3’150 HH = 15’800 people assisted

2’000 skilled/unskilled people involved

Onset of the project: February 2013Implementation phase: March 2013End of the project: November 2013

Direct cost: 2 mio CHF